Shoe.



G. I E. KRIEGER.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I3. 1915.

l ,217,463 Patented Feb. 27, 1917 ATTORNEY GUSTAVE KRIEGER AND EMIL KRIEGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE.

vSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

Application led May 13, 1916. Serial No. 97,261.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatA we, GUsTAvE KRIEGER and EMIL KRIEGER, both citizens of the United States, and both residents of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a. shoe of novel construction, and more particularly to novel and efficient means of constructing, applying and fixing the position of the welt.

In the accompanying drawing:

'Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoeupper with the welt attached;

Fig. 2, a section on Aline 2-2 of Fig, l;

Fig. 3, a bottom view with the upper lasted;

Fig. 4, a section on line lf-ll Fig. 3;

Fig. 5, a detail of part of the welt;

Fig. 6, a detail of part of the wire;

Fig. 7, a bottom View of the shoe complete, showing the sole partly broken away an Fig. 8, a cross section on line 8-8 Fig. 7, showing the sole.

The shoe consists essentially, of an upper l0, to the forward portion of which is sewn a welt 11, said welt extending along the vamp and partly along the quarters, and having its inner edge substantially flush with the lower edge of the upper. The welt is composed of a strip of leather having a longitudinal groove 12 on the side facing the upper, and a plurality of transverse slits 13, extending along its center or toe-portion. Through the welt and upper, there extend, a plurality of perforations 14 adapted for the reception of the looped portions 15 of a continuous wire 16, the spacing of the perforations corresponding to that of the loops. Each of thel loops is twisted at its root as at 17 and all the loops are turned inwardly (Fig. 7 so as to lie in a common plane. Throug the loops is threaded a common draw string 18, by means of which the welt and upper are permanently fixedin position. An insole 19 maybe fitted into the upper above the welt, while the sole 20, is secured to the Welt, and

' an insole 19 may first be placed, and the Welt as well as the fiange 21 is turned inward to project over the edge of the insole (Fig. 3). The draw string 18 is threaded to an fro through the loops 15 to fix the welt in position, the loops are hammered down as they are successively engaged by the string, the sole is applied, and is trimmed off together with the welt, to finish the operation.

It will be seen that in a shoe constructed .as described, the welt is secured only to the upper and to the sole, and not to the insole, so that the latter is altogether dispensable for the building up of the shoe. In this way, the manufacture of the shoe is considerably simplified, more particularly as the difficult' operation of sewing the welt to the insole while the shoe is upon the last, is supplanted by the comparatively easy operation Yof drawing the string through the loops while the latter stand ofi' from the last. So also, the shoe will be found to possess great strength and to retain its shape for` a long period of time.

We claim:

1. A shoe comprising an upper, a welt secured thereto, a looped wire engaging the welt and a dra-W string engaging the looped wire to'position said upper and welt.

2. A shoe comprising an upper, aslitted and apertured welt secured thereto, a wire having a pluralityof loops that engage the welt-apertures, and a string engaging the loops to position said upper and welt.

3. A shoe comprising an upper, a welt secured to the outer-side of the upper along the lower edge thereof, said upper and welt loops to position said upper .and welt.

4. The method of making a shoe which Consists in securing a Welt to an upper, forming perforat'ions in the Welt, passing looped portions of a Wire through said perforations, and drawing` a string through the looped portions to turn said looped portions 1J inwardly to strain the upper over the last.

GUSTAVE KRIEGER. EMIL KRIEGER. 

